I tried the above mentioned myself and still no luck. I'm running firefox 3.0.5 too. Only plugin is Foxmarks, but I tried with it disabled too and still nothing. It was a fresh reload two days ago too.
On Jan 3, 6:30 pm, "Joe Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Doh! Now it's frozen again! > > I went into gears settings in firefox and it froze again. I shut it down and > rebooted and now I'm back to where I started again. :( > > Kirk can you try click on Tools/Gears Settings and tell me what happens? > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Joe Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kirk you genius, creating a fresh new profile did the trick! I'll try > > enabling all my add-ons and see if it still works... > > > Yep all good. Thanks so much. I hope everyone else is reading this. > > > For all those wondering how to create a new profile in Vista or XP click on > > the link below... > > >http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles#Starting_the_Pr... > > > Thanks again Kirk, you've made my day! > > > God bless > > Jad > > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Did you try Firefox on a new profile? Also, have you cleared Firefox's > >> cache? If not, try clearing all of your private data and trying Gears > >> again. > >> If that doesn't work, try running Firefox with a fresh profile and see if > >> that works. > > >> Just thinking out loud here. > > >> *From:* Joe Murphy <[email protected]> > >> *Sent:* Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:14 PM > >> *To:* [email protected] > >> *Subject:* [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox 3.0.5 > >> browser > > >> Ok I just disabled all other add-ons except Google Gears and it still > >> locks up (freezes). > > >> So it's got me beat. I have absolutely no idea what is going on. > > >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Joe Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> Wow ok thanks for that. I don't understand it then. I've never got this > >>> to work for a long as I can remember. Even last week I got a brand new > >>> notebook. I installed the latest Firefox, Gears and some other addons and > >>> again it does exactly the same thing. > > >>> The other addons I am running are AdBlockPlus, DowndloadHelper, > >>> DownloadThemAll, Firefox Bookmarks Syncronizer and Tabmix Plus. is there > >>> anyone else here running some if not all of these add-ons I have running > >>> here? > > >>> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Oblygre <[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> I'm using 3.0.5 without any problems. Extensions: Firebug, Logmein, > >>>> Dictionary and, of cource, Gears > >>>> Br > >>>> Olav B. Lygre > > >>>> On Jan 3, 9:46 pm, "Joe Murphy" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > Thanks Kirk. So are you Firefox 3.0.5 at the moment? > > >>>> > Perhaps it's clashing with another addon for us here, an addon that > >>>> you > >>>> > don't have kirk? > > >>>> > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:31 AM, Kirk M <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > Gears has been working for me with Firefox 3.0.* with no problems > >>>> (WinXP > >>>> > > Pro SP3). Just for info's sake. > > >>>> > > -------------------------------------------------- > >>>> > > From: "Jad" <[email protected]> > >>>> > > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:43 PM > >>>> > > To: "Gears Users" <[email protected]> > >>>> > > Subject: [gears-users] Re: Gears not working with my Firefox 3.0.5 > >>>> browser > > >>>> > >> Has Gears ever worked with anything after Firefox 2? After a few > >>>> > >> google searches now I can't see anything with this working. I guess > >>>> > >> it's back to IE or Chrome until this must needed feature for me is > >>>> > >> working correctly. > > >>>> > >> On Dec 30 2008, 1:10 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >>>> > >> wrote: > > >>>> > >>> I am having exactly the same issue as described below. I have > >>>> tried > >>>> > >>> re-installing Gears and it seems to really not install ever - and > >>>> > >>> stays in the "loop" having me restart Firefox and then load Gears > >>>> > >>> again. > >>>> > >>> When I click on Firefox browser menu TOOLS / ADD-ONS , Gears > >>>> appears > >>>> > >>> but the OPTIONS link is not active. > > >>>> > >>> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > >>>> > >>> On Dec 26, 7:57 pm, jcast <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > >>> > Hello, > >>>> > >>> > I tried installing Gears and the setup/installation > runs > >>>> smoothly. > >>>> > >>> I > >>>> > >>> > am asked to restart my browser which I do, but when my > browser > >>>> is > >>>> > >>> > restored (after it restarts), Gears installer tries to > run > >>>> again and > >>>> > >>> > install the program. At this point, my browser freezes. I > am > >>>> able to > >>>> > >>> > see the add-on on the Firefox Addons list and in the > > >>>> Install/Remove > >>>> > >>> > Program List but I am not able to run the program. > > >>>> > -- > >>>> > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not > >>>> be." > > >>> -- > >>> "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not > >>> be." > > >> -- > >> "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not be." > > > -- > > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not be." > > -- > "Whatever is but might not be is dependent on what is but cannot not be."- > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
